Cities across the nation are preparing for their LGBT Pride festivals and Google has given their search engine a rainbow border so that must mean it’s time to celebrate LGBT Pride for the next 30 days.

Memorial Day is a day to remember all of those people in the service who have given their lives to keep America free.

Although any person who has died in the line of duty, LGBTQ or straight, is one too many, our community should take an extra pause to recognize the many men and women who have forged the way for equality in all branches of the service, some even dying for it.

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